AusTraits, a curated plant trait database for the Australian flora.
Daniel S FalsterRachael V GallagherElizabeth H WenkIan J WrightDony IndiartoSamuel C AndrewCaitlan BaxterJames LawsonStuart AllenAnne FuchsAnna MonroFonti KarMark A AdamsCollin W AhrensMatthew AlfonzettiTara AngevinDeborah Mattos Guimarães ApgauaStefan K ArndtOwen K AtkinJoe AtkinsonTony AuldAndrew BakerMaria von BalthazarAnthony BeanChris J BlackmanKeith BloomfieldDavid M J S BowmanJason BraggTimothy J BrodribbGenevieve BucktonGeoff BurrowsElizabeth CaldwellJames S CamacRaymond CarpenterJane A CatfordGregory R CawthrayLucas A CernusakGregory ChandlerAlex R ChapmanDavid ChealAlexander W CheesmanSi-Chong ChenBrendan ChoatBrook ClintonPeta L ClodeHelen ColemanWilliam K CornwellMeredith CosgroveMichael CrispErika CrossKristine Y CrousSaul A CunninghamTimothy J CurranEllen CurtisMatthew I DawsJane L DeGabrielMatthew D DentonNing DongPengzhen DuHonglang DuanDavid H DuncanRichard P DuncanMarco DurettoJohn M DwyerCheryl EdwardsManuel Esperon-RodriguezJohn R EvansSusan E EveringhamClaire FarrellJennifer FirnCarlos Roberto FonsecaBen J FrenchDoug FroodJennifer L FunkSonya Rita GeangeOula GhannoumSean M GleasonCarl R GosperEmma GrayPhilip K GroomSaskia GrootemaatCaroline GrossGreg GuerinLydia GujaAmy K HahsMatthew Tom HarrisonPatrick Enrico HayesMartin HeneryDieter F HochuliJocelyn HowellGuomin HuangLesley HughesJohn HuismanJugoslav IlicAshika JagdishDaniel JinGregory JordanEnrique JuradoJohn KanowskiSabine KaselJürgen KellermannBelinda KennyMichele KohoutRobert M KooymanMartyna M KotowskaHao Ran LaiEtienne LalibertéHans LambersByron B LamontRobert LanfearFrank Van LangeveldeDaniel C LaughlinBree-Anne Laugier-KitchenerSusan G W LauranceCaroline E R LehmannAndrea LeighMichelle R LeishmanTanja LenzBrendan LepschiJames D LewisFelix K S LimUdayangani LiuJanice M LordChristopher H LuskCate Macinnis-NgHannah McPhersonSusana MagallónAnthony ManeaAndrea López-MartinezMargaret M MayfieldJames K McCarthyTrevor MeersMarlien M van der MerweDaniel J MetcalfePer MilbergKarel MokanyAngela T MolesBen D MooreNicholas MooreJohn W MorganWilliam MorrisAnnette MuirSamantha E M MunroeÁine NicholsonDean NicolleAdrienne B NicotraÜlo NiinemetsTom NorthAndrew O'Reilly-NugentOdhran S O'SullivanBrad OberleYusuke OnodaMark K J OoiColin P OsborneGrazyna PaczkowskaBurak PekinCaio Guilherme PereiraCatherine PickeringMelinda PickupLaura J PollockPieter PootJeff R PowellSally A PowerIain Colin PrenticeLynda PriorSuzanne M ProberJennifer ReadVictoria ReynoldsAnna E RichardsBen RichardsonMichael L RoderickJulieta A RosellMaurizio RossettoBarbara RyePaul D RymerMichael A SamsGordon SansonHervé SauquetSusanne SchmidtJürg SchönenbergerErnst-Detlef SchulzeKerrie M SendallSteve J SinclairBenjamin SmithRenee SmithFiona SoperBen D SparrowRachel J StandishTimothy L StaplesRuby StephensChristopher SzotaGuy TaseskiElizabeth TaskerFreya ThomasDavid T TissueMark G TjoelkerDavid Yue Phin TngFélix de TombeurKyle TomlinsonNeil C TurnerErik J VeneklaasSusanna E VennPeter Anton VeskCarolyn VlasveldMaria S VorontsovaCharles A WarrenNigel WarwickLasantha K WeerasingheJessie A WellsMark WestobyMatthew WhiteNicholas S G WilliamsJarrah WillsPeter G WilsonColin YatesAmy E ZanneGraham ZemunikKasia ZiemińskaPublished in: Scientific data (2021)
We introduce the AusTraits database - a compilation of values of plant traits for taxa in the Australian flora (hereafter AusTraits). AusTraits synthesises data on 448 traits across 28,640 taxa from field campaigns, published literature, taxonomic monographs, and individual taxon descriptions. Traits vary in scope from physiological measures of performance (e.g. photosynthetic gas exchange, water-use efficiency) to morphological attributes (e.g. leaf area, seed mass, plant height) which link to aspects of ecological variation. AusTraits contains curated and harmonised individual- and species-level measurements coupled to, where available, contextual information on site properties and experimental conditions. This article provides information on version 3.0.2 of AusTraits which contains data for 997,808 trait-by-taxon combinations. We envision AusTraits as an ongoing collaborative initiative for easily archiving and sharing trait data, which also provides a template for other national or regional initiatives globally to fill persistent gaps in trait knowledge.